King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

IBJJF legal techniques: ages 13 to 15

1 legal, 1 conditional and 25 illegal techniques for this IBJJF division.

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Legal (1)

TechniqueStatusNote
Submissions stretching the legs apartLegal

Depends on the event or position (1)

TechniqueStatusNote
Jumping to closed guardDependsA serious foul for under-15 divisions and for white belts of any age (Art. 6.2.2). Juvenile blue and purple belts may jump guard. Check the event for 15-year-olds.

Illegal (25)

TechniqueStatusNote
Choke with spinal lockIllegal
Straight foot lockIllegal
Ezekiel choke (forearm choke using the sleeve)Illegal
Frontal guillotine chokeIllegal
OmoplataIllegal
Triangle pulling the headIllegal
Arm triangleIllegal
Compressing the kidneys or ribs with the legs in closed guardIllegal
Wrist lockIllegal
Single leg takedown with the head outsideIllegalProhibited but not penalized where illegal: the referee restarts the match standing (Art. 1.3.6).
Bicep slicerIllegal
Calf slicerIllegal
Knee barIllegal
Toe holdIllegal
Straight foot lock turning toward the foot not under attackIllegal
Heel hookIllegal
Locks twisting the kneesIllegal
Knee reapingIllegalReaping: the thigh is behind the opponent's leg, the calf crosses over the body above the knee, and the foot passes the opponent's midline, putting pressure on the knee from outside to inside. Nobody needs to be holding the foot.
Toe hold with outward pressure on the footIllegal
SlamIllegal
Spinal lock without a choke (neck cranks, twisters, can openers)IllegalThe IBJJF table lists spinal locks without a choke. Neck cranks, twisters, and can openers aren't named, but that is the rule that covers them.
Scissor takedown (kani basami)Illegal
Bending the fingers backwardIllegal
Throwing the opponent onto their head by the belt while defending a head-outside single legIllegal
Suplex landing the opponent on the head or neckIllegal

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Data from bjj-data by Grapple Flows (grappleflows.com), licensed CC BY 4.0; reformatted into tables on this page.

Data: bjj-data (Grapple Flows) (CC BY 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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